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Sunday, May 30, 2010

Mission Viejo Library

Mission Viejo Library
100 Civic Center
Mission Viejo, CA 92691

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^Pathway next to the entrance

 

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^Heritage Room

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- Very large :)
- Located in a beautiful neighborhood
-Many, many magazines: one whole wall covered with them plus 3 racks with 2 sides and 3 shelves each with magazines
-Different language books: Farsi, Hindi, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc.
-Lots of beautiful paintings on the walls by residents of the city
-Lots of comfy chairs
-Lots of study room
-Separate kids room
-Separate tiny tots room
-Heritage room with display of antiques from the city’s past
-Beautiful view from the windows

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Buena Park Library

Buena Park Library District
7150 La Palma Avenue
Buena Park, CA 90620

 

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^ “Books in Urdu are available in this library”

It seemed to me as a large-sized library.

-The library was pretty loud upstairs, even though there was a huge sign that said something along the lines of “Quiet Study Area”.
-There are a good number of computers. They need to be reserved  for 50/60 minute increments. That makes it fair for everyone, so they can get a chance to use them as well.
-Wireless did not work for my computer because I could not get connection and was unable to do any of my work.
- There were young volunteers throughout the library, as well as middle school child volunteers. An 11 year old was explaining to me about reserving a computer. Very cute:)
-Lots of DVDs, but not brand new
-Separate children's room, medium sized
-Different language books: Urdu, Gujarati, Hindi, Telugu, Korean, Spanish, etc.
-I went to get my passport made as well and the lady at the front desk was very sweet.

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Fullerton Libraries

FULLERTON PUBLIC LIBRARIES: MAIN BRANCH
353 W. Commonwealth Ave.,
Fullerton, CA 92832

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The library was nice and quiet, as well as very spacious:)

- Lots of magazine racks- about 4-5 (2 sided) with 3 shelves each
- Reader for visually impaired
- Very large children's area downstairs
- Free library card for non-Fullerton residents
- Lots of DVDs (brand new releases as well as older ones), but the rent is $1 for one day for brand new  and old ones can be checked out for a week
- Separate area for laptop users

 

FULLERTON PUBLIC LIBRARIES: HUNT BRANCH
201 S. Basque Ave.
Fullerton, CA 92833

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^ Patio area to sit and read

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^ Pooch Park outside of the library

- It was a scary neighborhood for me and the library itself was really loud because there were elementary school kids participating in story time. I don’t know if this is how it is on most days.
- Dirty bathrooms
- Medium sized
- Nice patio area to read/study and relax at the same time
 

Monday, May 10, 2010

La Habra Library

 

OC Public Libraries: La Habra Branch

La Habra Library
221 East La Habra Blvd.
La Habra, CA. 90631

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The neighborhood kind of scared me a little. The streets were very narrow while driving (no protected left turns—I hate unprotected left turns!!)

The library was medium-sized. There was a separate teen’s section, where they had nice comfy chairs.

The magazines area had lots of material, but the magazines looked worn out. Magazines in Spanish were also available.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Warming up to the challenge

I have already been to a couple of the libraries here in Orange County. This is just the warm-up phase. I will be visiting many more to come. Stay tuned!!

For those that do not know what this is about, please click ‘OC Library Challenge!!’.

Enjoy the pictures.

OC PUBLIC LIBRARIES: CYPRESS BRANCH

Cypress Library
5331 Orange Avenue
Cypress, CA 90630

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The mini park across from the library^

 

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View from the front^

 

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Library entrance^

The Cypress library was in a very nice location. I loved the neighborhood.

They had a tennis court behind the library as well.

Inside, the library was medium-sized and had a nice collection of magazines.

 

OC PUBLIC LIBRARIES: LA PALMA BRANCH

La Palma Branch Library
7842 Walker St.
La Palma, CA. 90623

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Front View^

La Palma library was a little smaller than the Cypress one and it was located in a decent neighborhood.

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